creed. The importance of a guide, in actual fact, relates directly to the general way (sunnah) of God. This way has been described in the following verse of the Quran: “It is We who distribute among them

service.” (43:32). This verse shows that it is not the way of God to bestow on everyone the qualities required for a guide. It is the way of God to give leadership qualities to particular persons and others

others are required to follow them. This is the natural system of life according to the way of God.

God which he is making over to the genuine title-holders. He should feed others so that he himself is fed in the Hereafter, and he should give to others so that he himself is not denied succour by God

foremost, makes it plain to people that their entire ‘possessions’ are gifts of God, and, secondly, dissuades the servants of God from living in society as unfeeling and selfish creatures. Indeed, throughout

good and evil and his way of forming opinions. His whole life will become a God-oriented one. Consciousness of having to answer God in the Hereafter will completely take over his way of thinking. This revolution

on tazkiya will lead to the emergence of a new personality, characterized by both love for God and fear of God. In contrast to the world before death, success in the world after death will become one’s

Seerin, the sound heart is one which has fully realized that God is Truth and that Doomsday will certainly come—there is no doubt about it—and that God will certainly raise the dead from the grave. According

According to Ibn Abbas, a sound heart is one, which has borne witness that there is no god but God. According to Mujahid, Hasan and others, a sound heart is one to which idolatry is unknown. According to Sayeed

times, in a broad sense, is the age of atheism. Atheism is the ideology of denial of the existence of God. In present times, the West became the intellectual, or ideological leader of the world and, as we

which would eliminate the instrumentality of God. As a result of this way of thinking, atheism, a nonreligious philosophy, which negated the existence of God, was produced. Man, by his nature, is an explanation-seeking

been born in the western world who have attempted to explain life and the universe by eliminating God.

All are under the watchful eye of God who will hold them accountable for their deeds. There are no exemptions to this rule. All are equally responsible before God. Moral character requires some incentive

responsibility. All are under the watchful eye of God who will hold them accountable for their deeds. There are no exemptions to this rule. All are equally responsible before God. The above Quranic principle not only

example, in his worship, the worshipper repeatedly says Allahu Akbar, which means, ‘God alone is great, greatness is only for God Almighty’. This saying inculcates the spirit of modesty in the worshipper. At

worship, he addresses all of mankind by saying, Assalamu alaykum warahmatullah (peace and blessings of God be upon you). A believer who worships every day and imbibes within himself this spirit from his worship

the Quran (72:43), worship (salaat) is like a ticket to Paradise. But this ticket will be granted by God Almighty only to those persons who qualify the criterion given in the above verse of the Quran (29:45)

There is nothing negative about the fear of God. The truth is that when the realization of God reaches its ultimate limit, it manifests itself as fear of God. The fearful person becomes desirous of Paradise

Paradise in its totality and along with this, he is always fearful of what his fate will be if God does not give him Paradise.This is the highest level of realization.

Difficulties were to be faced with fortitude. No impulse was to cause one to deviate from the path of God. In order to survey the situation the Prophet made a halt at Hudaybiyyah, which is, situated nine miles

Kharash ibn Umayyah on camelback to inform the Makkans that the Muslims had come to visit the House of God, not to do battle. On reaching Makkah, Kharash’s camel was slaughtered, and attempts were made to murder

for the Muslims. The Prophet’s followers could not understand how, when God had given them tidings of a visit to the House of God, the Prophet could have agreed to return

counted in scores rather than in hundreds of millions. It is very difficult to recognize a prophet of God when he comes in the guise of ‘Ibn Abi Kabshah’. On the other hand, to accept one who has become an

person,” people would say. “Up till now we knew him by his common name. How did he become a prophet of God all of a sudden?” “Whenever a prophet comes among his people, this objection is raised, posing a serious

When they failed to believe in the prophets, however, they were punished according to the law of God. Now God decided to send a prophet who would break down this barrier. There would be no room for doubt